Noun

(en noun)

A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.

(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

That has no bearing on this issue.

* Alexander Pope

But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing .

* Shakespeare

I know him by his bearing .

(in the plural) Direction or relative position.

(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.

(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.

The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

* Thackeray

A carriage covered with armorial bearings .

Noun

A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

# A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.

# (label) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.

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# A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

# (label) The entire crew of a ship.

# (label) Nickname for an intelligence service.

(label) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

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(label) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.

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(label) Social visitors or companions.

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(label) Companionship.

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